Subchapter
004
:
WILD ANIMALS DOING DAMAGE

(a) The
provisions of law or regulations of the Board relating to the taking of rabbits
or fur-bearing animals shall not apply to an owner, the owner's employee,
tenant, or caretaker of property protecting the property from damage by rabbits
or fur-bearing animals, or to the selectboard of a town protecting public
highways or bridges from such damage or submersion with the permission of the
owner of lands affected. However, if required by rule of the board, an owner,
employee, tenant, or caretaker, or the members of the selectboard, who desire
to possess during the closed season the skins of any fur-bearing animals taken
in defense of property, highways, or bridges shall notify the Commissioner or
the Commissioner's representative within 84 hours after taking such animal, and
shall hold such pelts for inspection by such authorized representatives.

(b) Before
disposing of such pelts, if required by rule of the Board, the property owner,
employee, tenant, caretaker, or selectboard shall secure from the Commissioner
or a designee a certificate describing the pelts, and showing that the pelts
were legally taken during a closed season and in defense of property, highways,
or bridges. In the event of storage, sale, or transfer, such certificates shall
accompany the pelts described therein. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9,
1961; amended 1983, No. 213 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 1,
eff. March 28, 1996.)